Santa Fe rear shelf lid

I have a 2005 Santa Fe LX that came with a retractable rear shelf cover.
I've just started using it and have a problem at night with light from the
upper brake light (mounted at the top of the back window) reflecting off the
glass. It makes it difficult to see when I'm backing up.

The upper brake light appears to leak a lot of light around the edges, but
is not loose at all. Is there supposed to be a gasket that stops this from
happening or is it just that it wasn't designed with the shelf in mind. Is
it fixable?

TIA,
Jon

 

The lamp doesn't seal the light out very well. That's pretty much the way
it is. You could maybe try cutting some rubber strips or something to
stick on and see what happens.

I'm a little confused, however, about what the cover has to do with
reflection off the glass.

 

When I look through the rear-view mirror at night with the brake lights on,
all I see is a reflection of the shelf on the rear window and can't see very
much of what's behind me unless it's brightly lit.

This is usually only a problem when backing out my driveway at home or
backing out of a parking slot in a poorly lit lot or garage. Also bad when
trying to parallel park on a dark street.

Jon

 

Here's one solution:

http://p211.ezboard.com/fhyundaisantafemessageboardfrm107.showMessage?topicID=23.topic

G

 

OK, that looks like it might do the trick. I'll give that a try.

Thanks,
Jon

 

The solution presented by User Gordo was actually my idea and post on
the santa fe forum. It works Great!

All of the hyundai's I have owned have had that gap between the light
and window. It really bugs me. On my wife's elantra gt I used
plumbers putty. roll it into a really thin long roll like a worm &
seal between the window and light.

my 0.02

 

I used the below solution and it worked great....just make sure to by the
extra wide foam weatherstripping so it actually touches the glass...
Len

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